Aquarium inputs

Aquarium running-cost calculator

Estimate monthly electricity use for one piece of equipment.

Monthly costper month

What it calculates

Formula

Watts × hours per day × 30 ÷ 1,000 × price per kWh.

Limits

Thermostatic equipment does not draw its full rating for every connected hour.

Next step

Measure a heater over several representative days and use its actual average duty cycle.